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Jarrett Ott, Michael Hewitt, Jarrett Porter and Brent Michael Smith (left) and Justin Austin (right) Once again, director Francesca Zam...

Andrew Bogard, Hunter Enoch, Timothy J Bruno & Michael Adams (clockwise top L) Four barihunks, who are past or present members of th...

Michael Mayes as Joseph de Rocher in Dead Man Walking We generally credit director Francesca Zambello with coining the term "barihu...

Craig Verm The Dallas Opera is under new leadership this season, but fortunately some of our favorite barihunks are still on the roster....

(Photo: Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival) Über-barihunk Ryan McKinny, whose photos from the Glimmerglass Festival's production...

Ryan McKinny If there was any doubt left that Ryan McKinny has emerged as a major talent it was erased with the announcement that he...

Nathan Gunn with wife Julie (left) and Patricia Racette (right) Barihunk Nathan Gunn can add "artistic director" to his lis...

Alex Lawrence backstage in Zürich in Carmen and from his new website homepage Our features on Wes Mason and John Brancy have prompted re...

Grant Doyle as Starbuck (left) Australian barihunk Grant Doyle has been nominated for a Helpmann Award in the category "Best Male P...

Vasil Garvanliev ( ©  Shalan & Paul) There are few singers who photograph better than Vasil Garvanliev, who we discovered while he ...

Nathan Gunn as Billy Budd, at the Met on left (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) & in San Francisco (Darryl Bush SF Chronicle) Nathan Gunn h...

Francesca Zambello We consider director and Glimmerglass General Director Francesca Zambello the honorary mother of Barihunks. She is oft...

Donovan Singletary as Zuniga and Joseph Lattanzi as Moralès (Alan Alabastro, photo) The Seattle Opera is going to be putting on one hot ...

Mariusz Kwiecien ( Nick Heavican /Metropolitan Opera) It's been almost four years since we started Barihunks and we've been blow...

"Thomas Hampson": Heart of a Soldier at San Francisco Opera In commemoration of the upcoming 10th anniversary of the devastatin...